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Kevin Heckman has joined Easterly Asset Management as SVP of sales for the Mid-Atlantic region. Heckman will deepen and broaden relationships with RIAs, financial advisors, family offices, and high-net-worth investors across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Heckman, who brings more than 15 years of industry experience to Easterly, previously served as VP at Rockefeller Asset Management, where he led external distribution and relationship management for institutional and wealth advisory clients. Heckman will report to head of sales Phil Juliano Jr.  Scott Dixon has been named SVP for the Pacific Northwest market at ExchangeRight. Dixon will manage and deepen relationships…

May arabica coffee (KCK26) on Thursday closed down -2.40 (-0.81%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK26) closed down -73 (-2.07%).Coffee prices settled lower on Thursday amid a stronger dollar ($DXY).  Also, the outlook for a record Brazilian coffee crop is weighing on coffee prices.  Last Thursday, Marex Group Plc projected a record 2026/27 Brazil coffee crop of 75.9 million bags, even higher than Sucafina’s forecast of 75.4 million bags, up +15.5% y/y.  Earlier this month, StoneX raised its Brazil 2026/27 coffee production estimate to a record 75.3 million bags, up from a November estimate of 70.7 million bags.   Don’t…

Crude oil rose to over $100 a barrel while Bitcoin fell 2% after a national address by US President Donald Trump on the conflict in Iran, where he vowed to hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next few weeks. Speaking at the White House on Wednesday during an address to the nation, Trump said the US military is “very close” to finishing “Operation Epic Fury,” claiming to have wiped out Iran’s nuclear and naval capabilities while also significantly hampering its drones, missiles and weapon factories.“I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly.…

Executive Summary  U.S. Treasury markets are undergoing a repricing that is unusually technical rather than flow-driven. Since late February, the 10-year yield has climbed roughly 45 basis points, yet primary dealer balance sheet data and fund flow indicators show no corresponding surge in outright selling. Instead, the move has coincided with deteriorating liquidity conditions—bid-ask spreads in on-the-run Treasurys have widened by an estimated 20%–30%, and market depth has thinned materially.  Auction data reinforces the point. The past week’s 2-year, 5-year, and 7-year auctions all tailed, with bid-to-cover ratios falling below recent averages (e.g., 2-year at 2.44 versus 2.63 at the previous auction; 5-year at 2.29 versus 2.32; 7-year at 2.43…

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) today is down -0.27 (-1.74%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26) is down -7.10 (-1.58%).Sugar prices tumbled to 2-week lows today and are sharply lower.  Weakness in crude oil prices (CLK26) today is undercutting ethanol prices, potentially encouraging the world’s sugar mills to increase sugar production at ethanol’s expense, boosting sugar supplies. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   Higher sugar production in Brazil is also bearish for sugar prices.  Last Friday, Unica reported that cumulative 2025-26 Center-South sugar output (October…

Bitfarms (BITF) shares climbed 6.6% on Tuesday despite reporting a widened $284.5 million net loss for 2025, driven by a decline in Bitcoin prices and a high cost of revenue, with the company advancing its pivot to AI and high-performance computing. The company’s full-year results statement on Tuesday showed a 72% year-on-year increase in revenue to $229 million. This was outweighed by $248 million in cost of revenue, leading to a gross loss. General and administrative expenses also increased year over year, while the change in fair value of digital assets led to a $50.5 million loss in 2025 compared with a…

Cotton futures closed out the Monday session with contracts holding onto gains. Contracts were up 43 to 54 points as the final bell range. Crude oil futures were back up 52 cents/barrel, with the US dollar index up 101 on the day.ICE cotton stocks were unchanged on Friday at 1,732 bales of certified stocks. The Seam tallied 5,276 bales in February 21 online sales, with an average price of 62.13 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was down another 25 points on Thursday at 78.05 cents/lb. The USDA raised their Adjusted World Price (AWP) last Thursday by 68 points to 54.67 cents/lb.Mar…

Two US Republican senators have introduced the “Mined in America Act” in an attempt to bring more Bitcoin mining manufacturing back to the US and codify US President Donald Trump’s executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.Introduced by US Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis on Monday, the new bill seeks to create a voluntary “Mined in America” certification for crypto mining facilities and mining pools. Certified facilities would be required to phase out mining equipment manufactured by companies tied to “foreign adversaries,” and support the domestic manufacturing of mining hardware. “Digital asset mining is a big part of our…

Entergy (ETR) shares ended the last trading session 6.8% higher at $109.88. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock’s 2.7% loss over the past four weeks.In March 2026, Entergy Louisiana announced a new agreement with Meta to support a hyperscale data center in Northeast Louisiana. The deal is structured so that Meta pays its full cost of service and is expected to generate about $2 billion in customer savings over 20 years, in addition to the $650 million announced earlier.The agreement builds on Meta’s…

OnePay, which is majority-owned by Walmart, has added more than a dozen crypto tokens to its offerings that the executive responsible for digital assets said “meet a high bar” that’s been set by the banking app’s customers.Since launching in January, offering Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on its its nascent crypto platform, OnePay on Thursday added SUI (SUI), Polygon (POL) and Arbitrum (ARB) just days after listing another 10 tokens, including Solana (SOL), , Cardano (ADA), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and PAX Gold (PAXG).“We plan on continuing to expand thoughtfully, prioritizing assets that meet a high bar: demand, liquidity, regulatory clarity…